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This was so beautiful and so what I needed, thank you. I'm a proud second-generation Washingtonian, my mom was a teenager during the 14h Street bridge crash, which was also on her mind the other night. I'm still in shock. I, too, felt the symbolism of this tragedy deeply. My mom's worked for the government for 35 years. The past few days have felt surreal. I'm in the midst of revising my debut novel which is a DC novel at its core and which is, absurdly, set this year. I couldn't believe that in the chapter I was working on the night before the crash, my protagonist was at National Airport, and a few chapters later, she's walking along the Potomac. Overwhelmed doesn't even begin to describe the feeling. But your piece is a comfort <3

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